John McArthur

John McArthur (17 November 1826-15 May 1906) was a Union Major-General during the American Civil War.

Biography
John McArthur was born in Erskine, Scotland in 1826, and he emigrated to the United States at age 23 and settled in Chicago, Illinois, where he became proprietor of the Excelsior Iron Works and served in the Highland Guards militia. At the start of the American Civil War, he was named colonel of the 12th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment, commanding a brigade in Charles Ferguson Smith's division and fighting in the Western Theater, starting with the Battle of Fort Donelson. He was promoted to Brigadier-General on 21 March 1862, and he was wounded leading his brigade in a breakout at the Battle of Shiloh before fighting at the Second Battle of Corinth later that year. After Corinth, he took command of a division in the XVII Corps, fighting at the Siege of Vicksburg and then leading a division of XVI Corps at the Battle of Nashville and the Battle of Fort Blakely. After the war, he served as Commissioner of Chicago Public Works, Postmaster General of Chicago, and general manager of the Chicago and Vert Island Stone Company. He died in 1906.